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Chairperson Nixt encouraged staff to further review the issue of the right-of-way on Alpine Drive. <br /> <br />Steve Liekhus, 15000 Helium Street, stated he lives just to the south of this development. He has <br />lived on this property for 19 years and the turnaround is located on his property. At the last <br />Planning Commission meeting the Commission stated that they did not see the need at this point <br />to have Helium Street go all the way through. Right now there is a fair amount of traffic that gets <br />lost in the area, and a straight shot from north to south will be a problem. He stated dumping the <br />traffic off of CR 5 does not seem logical, unless Helium Street were to go through after the <br />school goes in, with the road possibly barricaded for now. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt questioned if the plan is to push Helium Street through at this time and Ms. <br />Frolik replied that is the Council recommendation. <br /> <br />Diana Liekhus, 15000 Helium Street, stated at the last meeting the Commission said they did not <br />see a need for Helium Street to go through. She questioned why there has been a change since <br />that meeting. <br /> <br />nd <br />Assistant Community Development Director Frolik explained that the Council wanted 152 <br />nd <br />Avenue, 152 Lane and Helium Street to all go through for connectivity between neighborhoods. <br /> <br />Commissioner Van Scoy explained the extension of Helium Street relates to some of the concerns <br />regarding safety and access. Currently, these are two separate neighborhoods with no connection <br />and no alternate access in case of a catastrophe. He indicated he would support this extension as <br />long as some of the other safety concerns are addressed. <br /> <br />Ms. Leikhus stated people turning from CR 5 cause a safety concern. There are a lot of people <br />that come down that road at a good speed, and they are not pulling over to the side to turn. If <br />Helium Street is made into a through street there may be more of a hazard because there will be <br />more people turning and more stops on CR 5. <br /> <br />Motion by Chairperson Nixt, seconded by Commissioner Levine, to close the public hearing. <br /> <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Levine, Shepherd, Van Scoy, <br />and Watson. Voting No: None. Abstain: Commissioner Brauer. Absent: Commissioner <br />Johnson. <br /> <br />The public hearing was closed at 8:45 p.m. <br /> <br />Commission Business <br /> <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt called the regular meeting of the Planning Commission back to order at 8:45 <br />p.m. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt questioned if the same purpose of the PUD could be accomplished by reducing <br />the number of housing units and expanding the size of the single family lots appropriately. <br /> <br />Planning Commission/November 3, 2005 <br />Page 15 of 27 <br /> <br />